War in the Vendée 1793–1796

French First Republic ⚔ Legitimism

Who lived through the War in the Vendée

Well-known people alive during 1793–1796:

• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Lord Byron (1788–1824) — English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
• Jane Austen (1775–1817) — English novelist (1775–1817)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) — German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) — German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
• John Adams (1735–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
• Francisco Goya (1746–1828) — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) — German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
• Michael Faraday (1791–1867) — British scientist (1791–1867)
• Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) — Japanese artist (1760-1849)
• Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) — Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)
• James Madison (1751–1836) — President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) — German philosopher (1788-1860)
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) — President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
• Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) — president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
• William Blake (1757–1827) — English poet and artist (1757–1827)
• James Watt (1736–1819) — British engineer (1736–1819)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) — Austrian composer (1732–1809)
• James Monroe (1758–1831) — president of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)
• Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796) — eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)

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